Work and Energy

(PHYS 1121 & 1131, UNSW, Session 1, 2011) S&J chapters 7.1-7.8; 8.1-8.5; Physclips Ch 7

(the dot product) definition of work definition of kinetic energy > restatement of Newton 2 conservative and potential energy

non-conservative forces

Sometimes, the physics sense of work is very like the use in normal language. This bloke is doing work

but the trolley isnt doing work. Why not?

See Physclips, Work and Energy

We need some new maths: The scalar product. Why? e.g. Work: scalar, related to F , ds and . _ _

dot product because it makes maths easier

dW = |F _

| |__ | cos ds
(later: also used for voltage dV = |E _

| |__ | cos ds

etc)

therefore define Apply to unit vectors: _ ._ = 1 . 1 cos 0 = 1 = _ .j = k .k i i j _ _ _

a . b = ab cos (= b . a)

pronounced "a dot b"

_ .j = 1 . 1 cos 90 = 0 = _ .k = k ._ i _ j _ _ i Scalar product by components _ _ a . b = (ax _ + ay _ + az k ).(bx _ + by _ + bz k ) i j i j _ _ = (axbx) _ ._ + (ayby) _ .j + (azbz) k .k i i j _ _ _ + (axby + aybx) _ .j i _ _ _ a . b = axbx + ayby + azbz + (..) _ .k + (..) k ._ j _ _ i
expand out to give nine terms ugh where

_ ._ = _ .j = k .k = 1 i i j _ _ _

and these terms are all zero, so which is an important result

And, at no extra charge, we get a useful geometrical tool

Problem. Find the angle between _ a = 4_ 3_ +7k i j _ b = 2 _ + 5 _ 3 k _ i j _

Hooee! Imagine doing this by geometry. Let's use dot product which, using the result above, we can two ways:

ab cos = a . b = axbx + ayby + azbz _ _ cos = = .... > = 122 axbx + ayby + azbz ax2 + ay2 + az2 = bx2 + by2 + bz2

4 * 2 " 3* 5 " 7 * 3 4 2 + 32 + 7 2 2 2 + 5 2 + 32
hit the calculator to give:

Is it easier for the sailor to climb the mast using the halyard (a rope passing through a pulley at the top of the mast)? Why?

Neglecting acceleration: Without rope: W = Ffeet + Fhands

F F
h h

With rope: W = Ffeet + Fhands + T but Fhands = T so

F

F W

W = Ffeet + 2 Fhands During the moment when Ffeet = 0, your hands apply 50% less force! But how do you "pay for" the reduction in force? Let's introduce work Definition of work

F ! ds

When force varies, use differential displacement __ ds

dW = F ds cos = F.ds

we can think of this in two ways:

(F) (ds cos) > F * component of ds // F, or (F cos ) (ds) > ds * component of F // ds

W = F cos ds
0

if F & are constant, we get W = FLcos SI Unit: 1 Newton x 1 metre = 1 Joule

But this is the baby version: forces do vary!

Example. How much work is done by lifting 100 kg vertically by 1.8 m very slowly? Slow Fapplied mg W = 1.8 kJ.
Not a lot how much if you walk up one flight of stairs? Yet it is harder to do, because the force is inconveniently large. Consider:

= mg d cos 0

= mgh : more later

If the rope and pulleys are light, and if the accelerations are negligible, then
T T mg T

Force on LH pulley ma 0 = 2T mg T = mg/2

mg

If mass rises by D, word done = mgD. But rope shortens on both sides of rising pulley, if mass rises by D, rope must be pulled 2D, so work done = T * 2D = mgD We do the same work with less force by covering more distance. Example. What is the work done by gravity in a circular orbit? W = F ds cos = 0
Historically important: no work to do!

Example. Fgrav 1/r2. How much work is done to move m = 1 tonne from earth's surface (r = 6500 km) to r = ? W = F ds cos
F g ds

! dr

= F dr Cm F = Fgrav = r2
more later, but for now, what is the constant C? What do we know?

On earth's surface, we've dropped objects so we know that know that a = F/m = 9.8 ms-2 C = (9.8 ms-2)(6.5 106 m)2 = 4.1 1014 m3s-2 W =

Cm 2 dr 6500km r

"

= - Cm &

$1 1 ' # ) % " 6.510 6 m (

= 63 GJ.

Not equal to mgh. More on this later

!
!

= = 6.3 1010 J
Worse: rockets very inefficient: as we'll see later

Work to deform spring No applied force

x

(x = 0)
Hooke's law:

F spring

F applied

Work done by spring = Fspring.dx

1 = -kx.dx = 2 kx2 + 0

Work done on spring = Fapplied.dx

1 = kx.dx = + 2 kx2

(= work stored in spring)

The work-energy theorem (Total) force F acts on mass m in x direction.

vi F
f i f f dv dx = m dt dx = m dt dv i i f i 1

vf

Work done by F = Fdx

(use F = ma)

= m v.dv =

[1 2

mv2 ]i
1

Work done by F = 2 mvf2 - 2 mvi2 K Define kinetic energy K 2 mv2 Increase in kinetic energy of body = work done by total force acting on it.
This is a theorem, ie a tautology because it is only true by definition of KE and by Newton 2. restatement of Newton 2 in terms of energy. Not a new law Work energy theorem (baby version) 1

important road safety lesson

doubling the speed

v -> 2v

would give

K -> 4K

four times as much kinetic energy

so same braking force must act over 4 times the distance

Power.

is the rate of doing work

Average power Instantaneous power

- W P t
dW P = dt

SI unit: 1 Joule per second 1 Watt (1 W) Example Jill (m = 60 kg) climbs the stairs in Matthews Bldg and rises 50 m in 1 minute. How much work does she do against gravity? What is her average output power? (neglect accelerations) W = F . __ = Fy dy _ ds (only y displacement matters, because mg acts in (-ve) y direction) Fy W mg = mg dy = mg y = 29 kJ P
(cf K = 2 mv2 ~ 20 - 40 J)
1

mg y W t = t = 490 W
(to give a scale, humans can produce 100s of W, car engines several tens of kW) (1 horsepower 550 ft.lb.s-1 = 0.76 kW)

Potential energy. e.g. Compress spring, do W on it, but get no K. Yet can get energy out: spring can expand and give K to a mass. > Idea of stored energy. e.g. Gravity: lift object (slowly), do work but get no K. Yet object can fall back down and give back K.

Recall Wagainst grav = mg y

i.e. W = W(y)

But:

Slide mass slowly along a surface. Do work against friction, but can't recover this energy mechanically. Not all forces "store" energy. Look at these three diagrams:

For the spring and gravity, when we change the direction of the displacement the force doesn't change direction, so the sign of the work done changes, so, round a closed path, the work done is zero. For friction, when we change the direction of the displacement the force does change direction, so the sign of the work done doesn't changes, so friction does negative work, and we do positive work against it. So we have two very different sorts of forces.

Conservative and non-conservative forces Wagainst gravity = Fgdr cos

i f
F g ds ! dr

(same examples)

= Fg dz
i

= mg dz
i

= mg (zf - zi)

in uniform field

W is uniquely defined at all _ , i.e. W = W(r ) r _ If zf - zi are the same, W = 0. Work done against gravity round a closed path = 0 This is the definition Gravity is a conservative force Spring Wagainst spring = Fspring.dx
i f

= -kx.dx
i 1 2 2 2 k(xf xi )

W is uniquely defined at all x, i.e. W = W(x) xf = xi W = 0. Work done round a closed path = 0 Spring force is a conservative force
so it has stored or potential energy: symbol U.

Friction dWagainst fric = Ff ds cos but Ff always has a component opposite ds dW always 0.
(we never get work back)

cannot be zero round closed path, W = W(r ) / _ friction is a non-conservative force

Note that direction of friction (dissipative force) is always against motion. Direction of g doesn't change

Potential energy For a conservative force F (i.e. one where work done against it, W = W(r)) we can define potential _ _ energy U by U = Wagainst. i.e. U = F dr cos
i f

Same examples: spring Uspring = Fspring.dx

i f

= =
1 2 2 2 k(xf xi )

Choice of zero for U is arbitrary. Here U = 0 at x = 0 is obvious, so Uspring = 2 kx2 From energy to force: U = F ds where ds is in the direction // F dU F = ds
dU dU dU in fact Fx = dx , Fy = dy , Fz = dz 1

Spring: Uspring = 2 kx2 Fspring = kx dU Gravity: Ug = mgz Fg = dz = mg Energy of interaction:

F repulsive total r Hooke's law

attractive U

Energy diagrams and equilibria: Treat this as y(x) for a particle in a uniform gravitational field, we can see U(x) and imagine the direction of force (dU/dx).
local minimum global minimum

unstable equilibrium

Minima give stable equilibria: stable with respect to small perturbations. Maxima give unstable equilibria. Similar energy diagrams in chemistry and elsewhere.

Conservation of mechanical energy (sometimes!) Recall: Increase in K of body = work done by total force acting on it. But, if all forces are conservative, work done by these forces = U if only conservative forces act, K = U We define mechanical energy K+U so, if only conservative forces act, E = 0.
we can make this stronger.

(restatement of Newton 2)
(definition of U)

Work done by non-conservative forces Define internal energy Uint where Uint = Work done by n-c forces
(= + Work done against n-c forces)

Recall defn of K: K = work done by force

K = U Uint K + U + Uint = 0 If non-conservative forces do no work, E K + U = 0 or: mechanical energy E is conserved

If n-c forces do no work, then Uint = 0, so:

Equivalent to Newton 2, but useful for many mechanics problems where integration is difficult. State the principle carefully!

Never, ever write:

"kinetic energy = potential energy"

3 reasons why not: It's not true. In general, it gives the wrong answer. It makes examiners angry.

Classic problem. Child pushes off with vi. How fast is the s/he going at the bottom of the slide? Neglect friction (a non-conservative force).
N
h

N W !F v

i)
v =

By Newton 2 directly:
bottom top

a dt =

bottom top

F m =

bottom top

g cos dt = .....

ii)

Using work energy theorem (Newton 2 indirectly):

Non-conservative forces do no work, mechanical energy is conserved, i.e.

E = K + U = 0 Kf - Ki + Uf - Ui = 0 or Ef = Ei Kf + Uf = Ki + Ui either way we get

1 1 2 2 2 mvf 2 mvi + mgyf mgyi = 0 rearrange >

vf =

vi2 + 2g(yi - yf)

Conservation of energy observation: for many forces, W = W(r ), i.e. the work done by or against these forces is a function only _ of position. Therefore, for these forces only, its useful to define U = U(r ). _ observation: for all systems yet studied, Uint is a state function, i.e. Uint = Uint(measured variables) Hence idea of internal energy. e.g.:
Friction, ( Uint) = heat produced when work is done against friction. Air resistance ( Uint) is sound and heat. Combustion engines and animals: +Uint comes from chemical energy

K + U + Uint = 0
is statement of Newton 2 plus definitions of K, U, Uint. The statement that Uint is a state function is the first law of thermodynamics. It is a law, ie falsifiable. More on this in Heat.

Example. Freda (m = 60 kg) rides pogo stick (m << 60 kg) with spring constant k = 100 kN.m-1. Neglecting friction, how far does spring compress if jumps are 50 cm high?

t b yt

yb

xb

patent extract:

Non-conservative forces do no work, mechanical energy is conserved, i.e. Ebottom = Etop Kb + Ub = Kt + Ut

(U = Ugrav + Uspring) 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 mvhoriz + (mgyb + 2 kxb ) 2 mvhoriz + (mgyt + 2 kxt )

mg(yt yb) 2 kxb2 xb 2mg(yt yb) k

v h1 r h2

substitute

80 mm.

Example. Slide starts at height h1. Later there is a hump with height h2 and (vertical) radius r. What is the minimum value of h2 h1 if slider is to become airborne? Neglect friction, air resistance. v2 Over hump, ac = r (down) . Airborne if g < ac, i.e. if v22 > gr. No non-conservative forces act so E2 = E1 U2 + K2 = U1 + K1 mgy2 + 2 mv22 = mgy1 + 2 mv12
1 2 2 mv2 = mg(y1 y2) 1 1

v22 (y1 y2) = 2g

gr r > 2g = 2

Example Bicycle and rider (80 kg) travelling at 20 m.s-1 stop without skidding. s = 1.1. What is minimum stopping distance? How much work done by friction between tire and road? Between brake pad and rim? Wheel rim is ~300 g with specific heat ~ 1 kJ.kg-1, how hot does it get?
friction > deceleration > stopping distance

Ff s N |a| = m m = sg |a| sg vf2 vi2 = 2as vi2 s 2sg > s = vf2 vi2 2a

= 19 m

Work done by friction between tire and road? No skidding, no relative motion, W = 0. Between pad and rim? Here there is relative motion. All K of bike & rider > heat in rim and pad W = K = Kf Ki = 16 kJ Q = mCT ...... T ~ 50 C (Heat and this definition come later in the syllabus)

Example Which way is it easier to drag an object?

F'

F m ! F f

N ! mg

Suppose we move at steady speed, a = 0. Which requires less F? Which requires less work? mechanical equilibrium > horizontal F cos = Ff vertical N + F sin = mg

sliding >
eliminate N >

Ff = kN F cos = kN F cos = k(mg F sin ) kmg F = cos + k sin

when = 0,

F' = kmg i.e. if k large & small decreases with

F < F' if cos + k sin > 1, Work done = Fs cos = Ffs = kNs = ks(mg F sin )

Puzzle
r

Theres a prize for the first completely correct answer to this one.

r' v h
90

How high should h be so that it can loop the loop? Note the cross section of the track. h and R are measured from the rolling positions of the centre of the ball

Example. A hydroelectric dam is 100 m tall. Assuming that the turbines and generators are 100% efficient, and neglecting friction, calculate the flow of water required to produce 10 MW of power. The output pipes have a cross section of 5 m2.

Nett effect: ~ stationary water lost from top of dam, water appears with speed v at bottom. dW need power dt time derivative work done dW by water Work done energy increase = on water = of water dW = dE = dK dU v2 1 = 2 dmv2 0 (0 dm.gh) = dmgh 2 dW dm v2 P = dt = dt gh 2 dm Problem: v depends on dt
v A v.dt

dm Let flow be dt .

dV A.(v.dt) = = Av dt dt so m = V

Density:

mass m volume = V

dm dV dt = dt = Av v2 P = Avgh 2 2P v3 (2gh)v + A = 0
we can solve a cubic, but it's messy. It's a one sig fig problem, so try an approximation

P Neglect v3 > v = ghA = 2 m/s

and indeed we see that v3<< other terms. Think about this: if you were designing the generator, would you have made the kinetic energy term comparable with the potential energy or work terms?

Flow = vA = 10 m3/s > 10 tonne/s

Some quantitative examples: How much work is required to accelerate a car i) ii) from 0 to 10 km/hr? from 100 to 110 km/hr?

Energy density: Small rechargeable NiCad: 600 mA.hr and 1.25 V > (0.6 A)(3600 s)(1.25 V) = 3 kJ

(As asked, this is work done by total force: it includes (3 kJ)/(20 g) = 150 kJ/kg = 0.15 MJ/kg negative work done by air resistance) Car battery: Work energy theorem
1 1 Wtotal = 2 mvf2 2 mvi2

Up to 100 Amp hours @ 12 V > 4 MJ < 0.5 MJ/kg warning: don't try to extract this quickly Lithium ion: 100 W.hour/kg -> 0.36 MJ/kg up to 0.9 MJ/kg) MJ/litre Petrol LPG Ethanol Diesel Speeding bullet
1 2 2mv

i) ii)

10 000m 2 1 = 4 kJ 2(1000 kg) 3 600 s 0 Wtotal =

1

= 80 kJ

(some quote

dW = dK = d(2 mv2) = mv dv

MJ/kg 45 34 30 63

29 22 19 40

= 2 v2 ~ 2 (500 m/s) 2 = 0.1 MJ/kg

Example: What is the intensity of solar radiation? Psun = 3.9 1026 W. Earth is 150 million km from sun.
R

Intensity

P 4r2

= .... = 1.38 kWm-2

called 'solar constant' above atmosphere, __ radiation |

Energy in SHM x = A sin t U = 2 kx2

1

(Not in Mechanics syllabus but need in PHYS1231) See Oscillations in Physclips dv v = dt = A cos t K = 2 mv2
1

E = U + K = 2 kA2 sin2 t + 2 mA22 cos2 t but =

1

k m

so k = m2
1

E = 2 m2A2 sin2 t + 2 mA22 cos2 t = 2 m2A2 (sin2 t + cos2 t) A = vmax E = Kmax = Umax
1